I've just been thrilled the Bengals were AFC contenders, then Champs and in the Bowl. Rooting for Cincinnati professional sports teams goes back over a century in my family. My personal attachment to the Bengals goes back to my great-grandmother's deep attachment to the Reds to around World War I.
My Great-Grandmother (b., 1895, d. 1989) loved the Reds. Our family was/is from southern and central Kentucky, so they were the closest real thing. She was into them from even before regular radio broadcasts in the 30s. When I was a wee bairn in the '70s, I had to listen to Reds games on the radio w/her sometimes when we visited. I did not love baseball I decided, but I did love football and took the Bengals as mine. Which was not a bad choice; I got to watch the likes of Ken Anderson and Chris Collinsworth tear up turfs all over the place for years. Listening to Chris comment on this game is like gravy...
Oh, and they just got the go-ahead TD as I typed this - oh Yeah...
Anyway, I think sometimes it's worth noting, amid the hype, commercials, and every buck-shilling angle that can be taken about pro-sports today, there is some history to be enjoyed and you can't be entirely cynical about the system, as some seem to be.
My Great-Grandmother (b., 1895, d. 1989) loved the Reds. Our family was/is from southern and central Kentucky, so they were the closest real thing. She was into them from even before regular radio broadcasts in the 30s. When I was a wee bairn in the '70s, I had to listen to Reds games on the radio w/her sometimes when we visited. I did not love baseball I decided, but I did love football and took the Bengals as mine. Which was not a bad choice; I got to watch the likes of Ken Anderson and Chris Collinsworth tear up turfs all over the place for years. Listening to Chris comment on this game is like gravy...
Oh, and they just got the go-ahead TD as I typed this - oh Yeah...
Anyway, I think sometimes it's worth noting, amid the hype, commercials, and every buck-shilling angle that can be taken about pro-sports today, there is some history to be enjoyed and you can't be entirely cynical about the system, as some seem to be.